Samuel Smiley1

#25090, (circa 1778 - circa January 1844)

Family 1

Dorotha _____ b. c 1785
Children 1.Catharine Smiley7 (c 1806 - )
 2.Synthia Smiley+8,7 (c 1808 - c 1833)
 3.Reuben Smiley7 (c 1812 - )
 4.John Smiley7 (c 1814 - )

Family 2

Elizabeth _____ b. s 1795

Family 3

Emily Nichols b. c 1809
Children 1.David Bartos Smiley7 (1830 - 1922)
 2.William G Smiley7 (1835 - 1901)
 3.Dr. George Preston Smiley+1 (1840 - 1918)
Birth*circa 1778He was born circa 1778 at Greenbrier (now Cabell) Co., Virginia (now West Virginia)G; (but son's death cert. has Samuel b. Pennsylvania.)2,1 
Marriage*circa 1805He married Dorotha _____ circa 1805.3 
Marriage*circa 1821He married Elizabeth _____ circa 1821.4 
Marriage*3 August 1829He married Emily Nichols on 3 August 1829 at Hurricane Twp., Lincoln Co., MissouriG.5 
16 February 1843He left a will on 16 February 1843 at Lincoln Co., MissouriG.6 
Death*circa January 1844He died circa January 1844 at Lincoln Co., MissouriG.6 

Citations

  1. [S1399] Missouri Death Certificates (1910- ), Death Cert. of Geo P Smiley, son of Samuel Smiley, b. PA, and Emily Nichols, b. KY, 1918, q.v, online http://s1.sos.mo.gov/mdh
  2. [S2193] Mark Etheridge, "Biography of Samuel W. Smiley (1778-1844)", Lincoln County Heritage (1998, 2000), online www.mogenweb.org/lincoln/bios/bio-smiley-saml.htm.
  3. [S2192] Missouri Gazette, St. Louis, Missouri.
  4. [S2193] Mark Etheridge, "Biography of Samuel W. Smiley". Citing Pike County MO court records 1821-1825.
  5. [S271] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002, Microfilm images, online Ancestry.com, Lincoln Co > Record images > 1825-1897, img. 11/498. Marr. Reg. pp. 16-17. Samuel Smiley and Emily Nichols, both res. Lincoln Co. MO, marr. 3 Aug 1829 by Brice W Hammock, J.P., Hurricane Twp., Lincoln Co. NE.
  6. [S1815] Missouri Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988, online Ancestry.com, Lincoln > Will Records, Vol 1-4, 1825-1893, imgs. 81-83/789. Lincoln Co. Will Record Vol. 1 (1825-1845), pp. 132-136. Last Will of Samuel Smiley of Lincoln Co., 16 Feb 1843.. Names wife Emily; sons Reuben, John, David B, William G and George P; daus. Catherine Emerson and Synthia Womack Lincoln > Will Records, Vol 1-4, 1825-1893, imgs. 81-83/789. Lincoln Co. Will Record Vol. 1 (1825-1845), pp. 132-136. Last Will of Samuel Smiley of Lincoln Co., 16 Feb 1843.. Names wife Emily; sons Reuben, John, David B, William G and George P; daus. CatherLincoln > Will Records, Vol 1-4, 1825-1893, imgs. 81-83/789. Lincoln Co. Will Record Vol. 1 (1825-1845), pp. 132-136. Last Will of Samuel Smiley of Lincoln Co., 16 Feb 1843.. Names wife Emily; sons Reuben, John, David B, William G and George P; daus. Catherine Emerson and Synthia Womack Lincoln > Will Records, Vol 1-4, 1825-1893, imgs. 81-83/789. Lincoln Co. Will Record Vol. 1 (1825-1845), pp. 132-136. Last Will of Samuel Smiley of Lincoln Co., 16 Feb 1843.. Names wife Emily; sons Reuben, John, David B, Willi[sic], deceased, and Synthia's "infant children" Virginia, Eliza Jane and Mary Jane. Appoints Executors George W Zimmerman, James Reid and James Wilson. Codicil added 5 May 1843. Will proved 12 Feb 1844, recorded 13 Feb 1844.
  7. [S1815] Missouri Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988, online Ancestry.com, Last Will of Samuel Smiley, 1843, q.v. Names wife Emily; sons Reuben, John, David B, William G and George P (the last three identified as "my three youngest sons"); daus. Catherine Emerson and Synthia Womack [sic], deceased, and Synthia's "infant children" Virginia, Eliza Jane and Mary Jane.
  8. [S2194] History of Lincoln County, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888), p. 246. The second marriage recorded in Lincoln County records was on 18 Aug 1825, the marr. of Richard Wommack and Cinthy Smiley, dau. of Maj. Samuel Smiley, by William Hammock, J.P.